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Explorance Blue - How to Complete Your Course Evaluations and Other Surveys
For more detailed instructions about how to access surveys in Blue and navigate the system, visit Explorance's detailed guide for students.
- Access a Survey from the Blue "My Home" Page
- Access a Survey Using an Email Invitation
- Access Surveys from a Canvas Course
Option 1: Access a Survey from the Blue "My Home" Page
The easiest way to access your surveys is by logging into our course evaluation system, Blue. This option will work even if you don't receive an invitation email or if your instructor doesn't utilize Canvas.
Login to Blue here: https://uws.bluera.com/uws.
Logging in will take you to your Blue "My Home" page. You will see a section called "Tasks"—all of your course surveys will be listed in this section. Click on any course link to open the survey page. Click Start Now to begin the survey.
Option 2: Access a Survey Using an Email Invitation
Blue will usually send an email invitation to your UW-Superior email address whenever you have a new survey available to complete. These emails will be sent from courseevals@uwsuper.edu and will look similar to the screenshot below.
Click the Start Your Evaluation Now link. This will take you to a landing page with a list of your active course surveys. Click Start Now to begin a survey.
Avoid Phishing Attempts!
Please be wary of phishing scams when clicking links in emails, even if they appear to be from a sender you recognize. Double-check the email sender before clicking any links. Email notifications from UW-Superior's Explorance Blue system will be sent from courseevals@uwsuper.edu and be branded with our simple email template.
If you can't tell if an email was actually sent from our Blue system, please login to Blue instead. You can always access the same surveys listed in invitation emails by logging into Blue and clicking the corresponding item in the "Tasks" section on the "My Home" page.
For more information about phishing scams and how to avoid them, visit this UW-Superior Technology Services page about How to Spot and Report Phishing Attacks.
Option 3: Access Surveys from a Canvas Course
You can also access your available Blue surveys from a page in most Canvas courses. Look in the course navigation menu—the column of links on the left side of the course— and click the Blue Course Evaluations link. You may have to scroll down the list to see it.
This link will open a page with a list of your available surveys. Click on any course title. This will take you to the survey page. Click Start Now to begin the survey.
The page may show your evaluations on two different tabs; one for the course you're currently in, and another labeled "Other Evaluations".
Need Help?
If you have any questions about survey availability, how to use Blue, or the UW-Superior course evaluation process, please email us at courseevals@uwsuper.edu.